Fins naturally or artificially attached

Blue shark fins can be removed, provided they're landed attached to the shark's body (for example, by being tied or sewn on). This encourages waste minimisation and allows the fishery for blue shark meat to continue.

Fins not attached and following a fin-to-greenweight ratio

If fishers follow a fin-to-greenweight ratio, they can land shark fins separately to the body for 7 QMS species:

Fin-to-greenweight ratio

For each species, the weight of fins landed during a trip must not be more than a certain percentage of the species' greenweight (unprocessed weight), caught during that trip. This prevents fishers from discarding sharks after taking their fins.